Soap-cover and soap-applying device.



M. WOLF. SOAP COVER AND SOAP APPLYING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-1.19M.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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INVENTOR ATTOR N EY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.MELANIE won, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

. lowing 1s a specification.

' applied on the part to this it is .much more convenient to use my brush and cup, and the surface to exert friction only SOAR-COVER AND SOAP- APPLYING- I JEVICE.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MELANIE of New York, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Soap-Covers and Soap-Applying Devices, of which the fol- The present invention pertains ,to soap covers and soap applying devices, and has among its main objects the purposefto increase the efiiciency of soap material by put: ting every particle to use, thereby preventingany waste of soap; to make superflous the employing of a soap tray; and. furthermore to prevent .or dicourage the fraudulent substitution or sale of one certain kind of soap, for another by attaching the manufacturers name, trade mark and other printing. indelibly to the permeable casing which incloses and remains on the soap as long as it lasts.

Another object of my device is its use for shaving purposes, whereby the use of shaving cup and much as the lather is directly produced and where needed without any waste of soap and lather; in addition device than using a separate shaving-soap, entire process is also much simplified.

For these purposes, I inclose the soap in a porous well fittin casing,- made of sufli ciently rough material to exert friction on both sides, the inner surface to rub against;

the latter is used, the outer on the surface or part to be cleansed. It'is a well known fact that a piece of soap, when wet, is too unyieldy and slippery to be used to advantage directly on almost any part of the body without using an intermediate wash-cloth on which the lather is created and deposited, and thus a good deal of soap is wasted as a fractlon of the lather soaked up by said cloth is actually used. In using my device, no soap material is wasted as the soap or lather not used up is retained within the casing to be used at some future occasion. There is a loop attached to the casing for hanging up ject which renders the use of a soap-tray unnecessary. This loop or similar attachment may be made of sufiicient length and fastened to the wall or similar object so the soap when being read, and the soap brush is dispensed with, inascasing;

the soap to a wall or similar obthat the casing containing the cake of soap WOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State may be, usedv without detaching it from its support.

One more object and advantage of my clevice-is its use for medicated soaps as the directions for use can be printed indelibly on the porous casing inclosin the soap and remaining on it, w ic'h is 0 great advantage, as the paper slip giving the directions for use is usually discarded shortly after then frequently used in ahaphazard way or entirely discarded. 4

Any name, trade mark or other wording may also be applied to the casing by embroidery or other needle work.

In the preferred arrangement which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, similar figures denote corresponding parts.

Figure I is of my device; Fig. II is a general view of my device, showing a piece of soap inclosed in the porous casing; Fig. III shows a longitudlnal' sectional view through two pieces of soap surrounded by a permeable Fig. IV shows my device preferably adapted to the purpose of medicated soaps; Fig. V represents a cross'sectional view of my device referably adapted for shaving purposes; I ig. VI represents a general front View, and Fig. VII a general back view of the device shown in Flg. V; Fig. VIII shows a piece of soap pierced at suitable intervals by pliable cords to'increase the friction to the soap by the casing shown in Fig. IX, in which the soap is to be inclosed; Fig. X represents a piece of soap enveloped in a casing of wide-meshed netting; Fig. XI shows the casing containing the soap adapted to be-fastened to'the wall; Fig. XII denotes alongitudinal sectional view of a piece of soap surroundedby a thick woolly casing.

In Fig. I, representing a longitudinal sectional view of my device, 1 denotes a piece of soap which is entirely inclosed in a casing 2 which is composed of a gauze-like material and fits over the soap 1; 3 and 3' are pieces of permeable pliable material, roug ened .on both sides, and inserted in the gauze casing, the outer surface of each being designed to exert friction on the part or surface to be cleansed, its inner surface to exert friction on the soap with which it is in contact; thereby serving a double purpose, a. e., detaching soap material and creating a a longltudinal sectional view Fig. II is 'a generalview of the device shown and described in Fig. I. 2 represents the gauze casing surrounding the soap, 3',

ing to identify a certain denotes the piece of pliable roughened material inserted in the casing 2' to increase friction; 5 represents-the manufacturers name and trade mark printed indelibly on the easproduct and prevent fraudulent substitution. at shows the loop for supporting the soap from a hook or similar object, as also shown in-Fig. I. 6 and 6 represent a number of cords which are passed through the casing in such a manner that by pulling the cords and tying them the capacity of the casing will be diminished; thus when the piece of soap within the casing gets gradually smaller, the cords can be pulled taut around the soap, if desired, and the casing will fit again snugly around the soap.

Fig. III shows J a longitudinal sectional view of two casing. 7 denotes a soap for coarse cleaning purposes, while 7 represents a mild toilet soap they are separated by a rubber sheet 8 which is fastened to the porous casing 9 which surrounds both pieces of soap. 10 and 10' are separate pieces inserted on either side of easing 9, and composed preferably of horse hair netting so as to exert strong. friction on either side. 11 is a loop for support-. mg the soap when not in use. If a soap for coarse cleanmg purposes is desired, soap 7 1s wetted and portion 10 is applied and rubbed against the part to be cleansed; friction against the respective soap is exerted at the-same time, ated and deposited on' the part desired; if a m ld cleaning action is wanted, part 10' i is wetted and applied to the part to be L erted at the same time, and thus this variety of the device cleansed, friction against the soap 7' is exwill serve a double ur ose. After the soap is used 'it is hung up by the loop 11 for thorough drying. F1g. IV shows the use of my device as apphcable for medicated soaps, which frequently have to be used according to fixed directlons or a physicians-prescription. It is a well known fact that very frequently, whenever a medicated soap is procured, the slip of papengivmg directions for its use is very soon mislaid or?! soap is e1 ther used in a haphazard way or frequently ent rely discarded for a new one. en my deuce 1s used, the medicated soap rections and being pieces of soap inclosed in one a rich lather will be cre-.

0st, after which the or other printing is indelibly applied on the porouscasing 20 in which the soap is inclosed which casing is designed to remain on the soap as long as it lasts. Should this material be too porous to permit printing, a separate label 21 carrying the dicomposed of denser material could be permanently fastened to the inclosing casing. 22, 22,"22 denote a numof proper ber of cords passed through the casing to decrease itscapacitywhen drawn taut which may become necessary as the soap gets grad- In some cases, particularly if the envelopingcasing is made of a thick ually smaller.

porous material, the same may be impregnated with some additional drug or medicinal substance, as indicated, and thus used in conjunction with the soap. I

Fig. V represents a longitudinal sectional view of the device especially adapted for 1 shaving purposes. 12 denotes apiece of soap inclosed in the permeable casing 13; 14 represents a cushion, made preferably -of horse hair, which lies in direct contact with the soap; if desired, a cushion of some other material may be used. 15 is a water-tight sheet, made preferably of rubber, and covering the back part of the shaving soap so as to protect the hand of the person using it.

16 indicates a band attached to the casing for the purpose of passing the hand through a when the soap is used. 17 is a loop serving to hang up the soap to some convenient object when not in use.

Fig. VI represents a front view of the device shown in Fig. V.

13' indicates the porous front part of the casing covering the shaving-soap, 18 denotes the manufacturers name or some other printing on the surface overlying the hair cushion described in Fig. V. To facilitate the printing, the' part of the porous casing carrying the prlnting may be of denser texture than the rest of the porous material, or a separate label;

maybe attached forthe purpose. the loop for hanging up the soap when not in use.

Fig. VII represents the back view of the device shown in Figs. V and VI. 19 denotes the water-tight back shown in detail in Fi V and VI. 16'

.shows the band for passing the hand'through' part of the casing which incloses the shaving soap, and is ing up the soap when not in use. When this device, is to be used for shaving, for which purpose a rather stifi and rich lather is desired, the cushion overlying the soap is soaked in Water, and when rubbed against the pro uced and deposited on the skin, as the cushion rubs against the soap producing the art to be shaved, a'profuse lather is'.

its outer surface as well ering the soap and part to be shaved. This be very useful for other purposes where a rich lather is desired.

Fig. VIII represents tional view of a piece intervals by pieces of cord 11, the ends of which are-extending the soap and which are the friction on the soap after the same is passed and inclosed in the porous casing 24:, which is shown in Fig. IX; the opening 25 of this casing is passed in. j

In Fig. X, 34 represents a piece of soap covered by the wide-meshed netting. 35, which isconstructed of bands of material a longitudinal secdesigned to increase which cross one another at rather wide intervals; the outer surfaces of the bands are used for being printed upon, as shown. Whereverthe bands cross one another, the point ofcontact may be fixed by fastening the bands together at this contact point in order to prevent them from sliding apart and releasing the inclosed piece of soap; when not in use it may besupported by the loop 36. In this manner of construction several very useful features of my invention are combined inasmuch as" very free access of the water to the soap is afforded, and when used,'this casing will exert considerable frictionon the soap as well as on the partto be cleansed; in addition to this, the application of the manufacturers name and other printing in indelible color on the bands will protect the user from being imposed upon; or the individual name of the owner of the soap may thus be attached to the casing. also conveniently pro- This casing could be vided with means for decreasing its capacity when the piece of soap becomes gradually smaller, by inserting suitable pieces of cord or similar means for the purpose, as described previously.

Fig. XI shows a similar device as shown in Figs. I and II, but fixed to the wall or other convenientobject. This device will be especially useful for public places to prevent the piece of soap from being mislaid or misappropriated. 30 represents the porous material incasing the soap, 31 denotes a seam for the purpose of confining the piece or of the device; the soap and porous casing is fastened to the wall or-similar object at 32. 39 denotes a loop for hanging the soap out of the Way when not in use. 33 represents some printing on the outer surface of case 30.

Fig. XII represents a longitudinal secas'escaping at the sides and through the porous material covis thus deposited on the device will also of soap pierced at beyond the surfaces of" closed after the soap vent the piece of soap tional view of a piece of soap 26 enveloped in a porous case 27 from the surface of which extend rather long threads of thick soft wool;

28, set closelyto one another along the entire surface so that the whole casing has the appearance of a fiuflfy woolen ball; '29 is a loop 'for supporting this device when not in use, and has some printing done on its sur face, as shown on the drawing. The advantage of this particular variety is the fact that the perfume of the soap or casing may be suited to the preference of its user, as it is merely necessary to perfume the outer woolly case with the particular perfume desired, or the perfume flavor may be changed quite frequently .ng 27 and applying a different perfume; for this purpose it is preferable to have the inclosed soap unperfumed. An additional advantage of this variety is the fact that it holds a good deal of water at a time for which, reason it can be used like a sponge.

It is obvious that instead of the woolen casing some other material or a sponge may be used.

the soap, when'inclosed in the porous casing can be used conveniently even after it has been reduced to a small scale, as the inclosing case increases its bulk sufliciently, and supplies the friction necessary for using up every particle of soap. By employing a sufficiently coarse and porous casing material for the soap, my device will be also of great use for laundry purposes, and will'in volve a considerable saving the softened soap from being smeared in bulk on the piece to be laundried as,when using my device, the soa will have to be thoroughly dissolved be ore it can pass throu h the pores or openings of the casing. 11 addition to this, the employing of by simply washing the casby preventing l my device simplifies the shaving process,

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I realize that some changes can and will be also of great out departing from the scope of the invention, but- 'pieces of soapto the lower end Y What I claim and desire to secure by Let- 'ters Patent is:

1. The combination of a 'cal ze of soap of any desired shape, inclosed in' a pliable po rous casing, the mouth or opening of the casmg being closed permanently so as to prethe casing, said casing being rovlded with means for decreasing its capacity. while it remams closed.

from slipping out of any desired shape,

2. The combination of a cake of soap of inclosed in a pliable porous casing, the mouth or opening of the easing being permanently closed so as to pre- -vent the piece of soap from slipping out of i 0 the casin said casing being provided with a draw-string or -a plurality of draw-strings for decreasing its capacity while it remains closed. v

3. As a new article of manufacture, a pliable porous casing,-composed of interlaced maaeea closed.

New York, August 30, 1917. I IE WOLF.

Witnesses Fm Wow, 1 i 1 WOLF. 

